Karluk River

River in Alaska, the United States of America

57°26′30″N 154°06′26″W / 57.44167°N 154.10722°W / 57.44167; -154.10722^[1] • elevation388 ft (118 m)^[2] MouthShelikof Strait

• location

Karluk

• coordinates

57°34′18″N 154°27′44″W / 57.57167°N 154.46222°W / 57.57167; -154.46222^[1]

• elevation

0 ft (0 m)^[1]Length24 mi (39 km)^[3]

The Karluk River is a stream, 24 miles (39 km) long, on Kodiak Island in the U.S. state of Alaska.^[3] It begins at Karluk Lake in the Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge and flows north and then northwest through Karluk Lagoon to the Shelikof Strait at Karluk.^[4]

Sportfishing is popular in this river basin, "the largest and most productive" on Kodiak Island.^[5] It has significant runs of sockeye salmon, Coho, pink, Chinook, and chum salmon, and steelhead, and Dolly Varden trout are also prevalent.^[5] The entire main stem, rated Class I (easy) on the International Scale of River Difficulty, is floatable by raft or kayak.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Karluk River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. March 31, 1981. Retrieved December 4, 2013.
^ Derived by entering source coordinates in Google Earth.
^ ^a ^b Orth, Donald J.; United States Geological Survey (1971) [1967]. Dictionary of Alaska Place Names: Geological Survey Professional Paper 567 (PDF). University of Alaska Fairbanks. p. 497. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 17, 2013. Retrieved December 4, 2013. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |agency= ignored (help)
^ Alaska Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2010. p. 44. ISBN 978-0-89933-289-5.
^ ^a ^b ^c Limeres, Rene; Pedersen, Gunnar; et al. (2005). Alaska Fishing: The Ultimate Angler's Guide (3rd ed.). Roseville, California: Publishers Design Group. pp. 336–37. ISBN 1-929170-11-4.